30 DAYS OPEN PURCHASEPhilippe Malouin begins his projects in scrapyards. That is not a figure of speech: the London-based designer literally collects pieces of scrap metal, assembles the fragments into new volumes and looks within the joined material for the form that wants to become an object. Vite, Alessi’s espresso maker from 2026, is the result of that method.
The coffee maker is called Vite, screw in Italian, and the reference works in two ways: the body is shaped like a screw thread, and you screw the parts together to use it. One of the design’s strongest ideas is giving an object a form that directly describes how it works. The body is cast aluminium, the base is magnetic steel for induction compatibility, and the handle and lid are dark green thermoplastic. The colour comes directly from the machines and tools in Alessi’s own workshop environment in Crusinallo, northern Italy, a palette that gives Vite its sophisticated mechanical identity, as Malouin himself describes it.
Malouin studied at the Royal College of Art in London, teaches at ECAL in Lausanne and has received international awards from Wallpaper*, Archiproducts and Dezeen. Alessi, known since 1921 for collaborating with some of the world’s leading designers, commissioned him to design a moka pot. He came back with a sculpture that happens to brew espresso.
The aluminium boiler gives espresso coffee a full, rounded flavour. Vite works on all hob types, including induction. Choose PM01/3 for three cups, with a 15 cl capacity, for the daily morning ritual for one or two people. PM01/6 is for six cups, when there are more people at the table or you simply need more.
An espresso maker for anyone who understands that coffee is not the only thing happening in the kitchen.
